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- ABC New Talent Development - ABC Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios sponsor an annual Writing Fellowship Program, searching for culturally and ethnically diverse new writers.
www.abcnewtalent.disney.com/html/setmain2.htm
- Acclaim TV - Original, television scripts, and film scripts are sought.
acclaimtv.netfirms.com
- All She Wrote Screenplay Contest - Open to all non-professional screenwriters. Entered screenplays must not have been previously optioned, sold or produced.
www.allshewrote.com
- American Accolades Screenwriting Competition - Competition aims to find and usher emerging talent into the Hollywood mainstream marketplace.
www.AmericanAccolades.com
- American Cinema Foundation - Elicits scripts which are suitable for either theatrical or television production and which tell a positive story about specific fundamental values.
www.cinemafoundation.com
- American Dream Factory - Grand prize of $3,500. Winning scripts are pitched to Hollywood executives for possible production.
www.americandreamfactory.com
- American Dreamer - Encourages new, groundbreaking writers and filmmakers to pursue careers in the fine art of scriptwriting.
adfilmworks.com/contestmainpg.html
- American Gem Short Script Contest - The winning screenplay will be produced, with the screenwriter sharing in the gross profits.
www.filmmakers.com/contests/short/index.htm
- Applause Screenwriting Competition - Prizes: 1st: $1000, 2nd: $500, 3rd: $250. Scripts must be original works and not previously optioned, purchased, or produced.
www.allthewritestuff.net/applause
- Arizona Film Commission - Grand prize is a complete foot-in-the-door package including a trip to L.A., $1000 cash, and meetings with industry execs.
www.azcommerce.com/azfilmcommission.htm
- Autumn Moon Productions - The 'Don't Get Mad; Get Produced!' screenwriting awards offer possible literary representation.
www.autumnmoonproductions.com
- Awesome Television Scriptwriting Contest - Offers cash prizes for spec scripts of existing television shows.
onlinesoap.tripod.com
- Bare Bones - Spotlights screenplays with a budget summary of less than a million dollars.
barebonesfilmfest00.tripod.com
- BDR 2000 - Evaluates narrative scripts in four categories: big budget, low budget, dramatic plays, and short films/TV sitcoms.
www.bdr2000.com/screenplaycont.htm
- Big Australian International Screenwriting Competition - $30,000 in cash and prizes. Open to screenwriters worldwide. 2001 winners announced.
www.thesource.com.au/the-big-australian
- BlueCat Screenplay Competition - An annual search for the best screenplay in the world. $5,000 grand prize. The winner and all finalists are honored in an annoucement in the Hollywood Reporter.
www.bluecatscreenplay.com
- British Short Screenplay Competition - The winning script will be produced by Kaos Films to be exhibited in UK cinemas and entered into film festivals around the world.
www.kaosfilms.co.uk
- Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition for Film and Television - Open only to members of The Scriptwriters Network. Writers are allowed to join the organization when the entry is submitted.
scriptwritersnetwork.com/compete.html
- CineStory Screenwriting Awards - Annual awards for feature-length and short scripts.
www.cinestory.com/awards.htm
- Cyclone Entertainment Group Screenwriters Contest - This contest now combines the Screenwriters Project with the Low-Budget Feature Project and includes elements from both contests.
www.cyclone-entertainment.com
- eShay.com Competition - For all screenwriters who have at least one copyrighted feature length screenplay. Prizes include software and script consultation. 2001 competition winners announced.
www.eshay.com/menuitems/contest/scriptwriting.html
- Euroscript Film Story Competition - Seeks a maximum 2,000 word treatment that tells all the story. Open to European Union screenwriters only. Two competitions are held each year.
www.euroscript.co.uk/services.htm
- Fade In: Screenwriting Awards - Cash prizes and industry exposure from the publishers of Fade In Magazine.
www.fadeinmag.com
- filmcontest.com Screenplay Competition - The winner will receive $3000 cash and a trip to New York or Los Angeles to meet with a film production executive.
www.filmcontest.com/scriptcon.htm
- Hollywood "Final-Cut" Screenplay Competition - Open to new screenwriters, who have not sold a script for more than $1,000. Authors must be 18 years or older. Writers from any country are eligible to enter, but scripts must be written in English, in standard format.
www.finalcutcontest.com
- Hollywood 27 - Independent film production company offering $25,000 in prize money.
www.hollywood27.com/scrnplay.htm
- Hollywood Screenplay and Book Awards - Submissions of original, unproduced, non-optioned screenplays, and book manuscripts, are invited monthly.
screenwriters.com/ccs/index.html
- Hollywood Symposium - Features screenplay development, film production, script consultation and screenplay contests.
www.hollywoodsymposium.com
- Hollywood's Next Success - Finalists and/or winners may be offered management representation.
www.hollywoodsnextsuccess.com
- Hurdle Screenwriting Competition - Annual contest for independent screenwriters offers cash awards.
www.thehurdle.com
- igottascript.com - The winner will have their script submitted on the spec market.
www.igottascript.com
- InstantCareer.com - Fearless Leader Productions provides competition winners with an immediate opportunity to present themselves to major production houses.
www.instantcareer.com
- International Screenplay Competition - More than $10,000 in prizes. Presented by the American Screenwriters Association and Writer's Digest.
www.writersdigest.com/catalog/screenplay.html
- Maui Writers Conference - Screenwriting competition held in conjunction with the American Film Institute.
www.mauiwriters.com/screenwriting.htm
- Monterey County Film Commission - Three finalists will receive one-on-one consultations with jury members at the awards event in Monterey County.
www.filmmonterey.org
- Nashville Screenwriting Competition - 1st place cash prize of $1,000 plus an all-access pass to the Nashville Independent Film Festival.
www.tennscreen.com
- Nathanael West Screenplay Contest - Honoring West's unique vision of American life, screenplays should explore the multifaceted society in which we live.
www.nwestcontest.com
- National Screenplay Contest. Winning script produced as a movie - A monthly contest for movie scripts offers the winner of the Grand Finals a $1,000 Treasury Bond and the certainty that the script will be produced as a movie.
www.rlyeh.com/screenplay-contest
- National Screenwriting Competition - Cash awards and movie production options are offered to winners.
www.nationalscreenwriting.com
- Nevada Film Office - Annual screenwriters competition. 75 percent of the script's locations must be shootable in Nevada.
www.nevadafilm.com/mainframe.html
- Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting - An international competition, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, seeks original screenplays from writers who have not earned more than $5,000 for film or TV scripts. Up to five $25,000 fellowships are awarded each year.
www.oscars.org/nicholl
- Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards - Dedicated to freedom of expression through the art of independent media.
www.ohiofilms.com/main.htm
- One-In-Ten Screenplay Competition - Open to all writers. At least one of the primary characters in the screenplay must be a positively portrayed gay or lesbian character.
members.aol.com/cherubfilm
- Organization of Black Screenwriters - Categories are original screenplays, half-hour and one hour television spec scripts, and half-hour and one hour television pilot scripts.
www.obswriter.com
- Outfest - Recognizes and promotes screenplays that significantly feature lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered characters and/or themes.
www.outfest.org/2001/writing_competition.htm
- People's Picture Show - A television competition for TV movie scripts and original screenplays.
www.tvwriter.com/peoplespicshow
- People's Pilot - Television writing competition for series ideas and pilots.
www.tvwriter.com/peoplespilot
- Pilot Quest - Focuses exclusively on original concepts for broadcast TV and cable.
www.pilotquest.bigstep.com
- Practical Paradox Bi-Annual Screenplay Competition - Dedicated to the advancement of new, innovative writers through hard work, promotion, and networking.
www.practicalparadox.com/competition.htm
- Radmin Company Screenwriting Contest - Held in conjunction with FilmMakers Magazine, the top 50 scripts will be considered for representation by the Radmin Company.
www.filmmakers.com/contests/2001/index.htm
- Red Inkworks - Looking for low budget, character driven screenplays for possible production.
www.redinkworks.com/Script_Contest.htm
- Screamfest - Annual horror film and screenplay competition. Finalists and winning horror screenplay finalists to be read by literary agents. 0ctober 17th - 20th.
www.screamfestla.com
- Screenplay as Literature Competition - Seeks to promote the screenplay as a literary art form. Winning entries are published as a book.
www.screenplaylit.com
- Screenwriter Showcase - An annual screenwriting contest, to find and promote talented new screenwriters, awards prizes in kind but not in cash. Entry fees are payable.
www.screenwritershowcase.com
- Screenwriters Forum Screenplay Contest - All contest winners are announced to their entire database of agents and producers.
www.screenwritersforum.com/contest.htm
- Screenwriting Showcase Awards - Winners receive prizes including cash, screenwriting software, discounts on products, free script registration, or professional script analysis.
www.screenwritingawards.com
- Script Magazine Open Door Contest - Cash prizes, script notes and consideration from a legitimate management company, production company or agency.
www.scriptmag.com/pages/contest.shtml
- Script World 2002 Screenwriting Competition - Seeks original scripts, in both full-length, and short film categories. The winner receives $5,000 in cash and prizes, including mentorship, and a possible option by Zeta Entertainment.
www.scriptworld.info/scriptworld.html
- Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with Screenplay.com - Annual Screenwriting Competition offers a $10,000 cash prize, plus promotion for the best thirteen scripts submitted.
www.filmmakers.com/contests/screenwriting/scriptapalooza.htm
- Scriptapalooza TV - Semi-annual competition that accepts pilots and spec scripts for sitcoms and one hour episodics.
www.scriptapaloozaTV.com
- Scriptrep.com - Win $1,000 and a pitch meeting with a working Hollywood professional.
www.scriptrep.com
- Scriptville - Provides each entrant story notes from a professional Hollywood script analyst. Standard entry fee for the annual contest is $99. The winner receives $500 in cash, plus $1,000 worth of professional guidance on another screenplay.
www.scriptville.com
- Slamdance Screenplay Competition - Indie-oriented competition aims to promote and support talented new writers.
www.slamdance.com/screencomp
- Split-Screenplay Contest - All contestants must register as a member of the Screenwriters Community.
www.screenwriterscommunity.com
- TalentScout TV Writing Contest - Winners are submitted to the networks and production companies to help find them work.
atalentscout.com/tv_engcontest.htm
- Texas Filmwriters Institute - Offers an annual contest for original screenplays, allowing talented writers an entrance into the entertainment industry.
www.texasfilminstitute.com
- The Chesterfield Writer's Film Project - Writing competition open to all writers of fiction, plays, screenplays. Five winners will each receive a $20,000 fellowship, and spend 10 months completing 2 screenplays with the guidance of industry mentors. Sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
www.chesterfield-co.com
- Winner Take All - Screenplays will go through three stages of scoring before a winner is chosen.
www.winner-takeall.com
- WriteMovies.com Writing Competition - Offers a $2,000 cash prize (plus representation, and possible option money), plus submission of the top three entries to studios, production companies, and agencies in Hollywood.
www.writemovies.com/writingcontest.html
- Writer´s Film Project - Originated by the Chesterfield Film Company and co-sponsored by Paramount Pictures.
www.chesterfield-co.com/html/wfp.html
- WriteSafe Writing and Art Contest - Quarterly competition for all material registered with WriteSafe for public view.
www.writesafe.com/wscontest.html
- New Century Writer Awards - Annual contest, sponsored by not-for-profit writing awards and educational organization, seeks original screenplays, stage plays, short stories, novels/novellas, and poetry, in all genres. Substantial cash prizes are provided in all categories.
www.newcenturywriter.org
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